Possible bugs in Shrike and Severn installed on Toashiba Satellite 2450-S203

[Ossama Khayaat]

Hi,
I've installed both Shrike and Severn on my Toshiba Satellite 2450-S203.
This is the latest model from Toshiba (at least in the Middle East) which has:
- P4 2.8GHz (400MHz FSB)
- 512MB DDR ram
- 40GB HDD
- External USB Floppy
- CD DVD-R/RW drive (combo)
- GeForce4 420 Go with 32MB DDR VRAM
- 15" TFT (1024x768 max resolution)
- V.90 modem, LAN, IEEE 1394, Fast IR, SD Card, 3xUSB 2.0
... so I mentioned this for reference.

Now, the system seems working so smooth on both versions, but noticed these things during the period of test:
+ Sound is detected and working fine, but not when I login as root.
+ When double clicking on 'Start Here' shortcut in the /home/user/Desktop folder, you get '..not a valid location error' (attached screen shot).
+ When you open the 'Home' folder, it opens in Konqueror instead of Nautilus
+ Try to open the floppy disk, and you get a '..no capable viewer..' error thing. Though, if you right-click the desktop, choose Disks->Floppy it will work fine, though it's so slow at first view/mount.
The previously mentioned points are valid in both releases.
+ When the system goes in power saving mode and I want to resume:
  = I can't use my USB mouse to resume, only touchpad and/or keyboard.
  = The screen goes so wide that I have to switch to a console and back to X
    so that it restores correctly.

Finally, only in Shrike (because this doesn't work anyway in Severn):
+ When you add the battery monitoring tool, it always show 'critical'.

Other than this, the system is really excellent running both releases.

Thanks,
Ossama Khayat


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